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Chargers' Quarterback Tyrod Taylor's Lung
Colin Kaepernick Speaks On Breonna Taylor Shooting Indictment:
Vanessa Bryant Files Lawsuit
Punctured By Team Doctor Before Kickoff
'Abolish The Police'
And Gianna Crash Site Photos
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor missed the Sept. 20th game because a team doctor acci- dentally punctured his lung, according to a person famil- iar with the case.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condi- tion of anonymity Wednes- day because of medical restriction issues.
Rookie Justin Herbert was the Chargers’ surprise starter in last Sunday’s 23-20 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Coach Anthony Lynn said he didn’t find out until less than five minutes before kickoff that Taylor would be unable to play.
Herbert said he found out he was playing right as the Chargers were lining up to receive the opening kick- off.
TYROD TAYLOR Taylor was taken to the
hospital due to difficulties breathing after Lynn said he had a reaction to an injection. Taylor was released Sunday night and was at the Charg- ers’ complex last week.
The NFL Players Associa- tion said that they have been in contact with Taylor and his agent and have started an investigation into the matter. ESPN first reported the punctured lung.
COLIN KAEPERNICK
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick voiced his frustration last week over a grand jury’s decision to in- dict one of three police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor with criminal charges.
"The white supremacist in- stitution of policing that stole Breonna Taylor’s life from us must be abolished for the safety and well being of our people. #BreonnaTaylor #SayHerName #AbolishThe- Police," Kaepernick wrote on Twitter.
Robert Kraft Likely To Get Off In Florida Massage Parlor Case
ROBERT KRAFT
Looks like New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is going to beat his Florida sex solicitation rap.
Prosecutors said last week that they won’t challenge an appeals court ruling that banned them from using a surveillance video from inside the Orchids of Asia Day Spa against Kraft, which all but killed their sex-for-cash case against the billionaire NFL owner.
Kraft’s attorney declined to comment on the decision but asked in a court motion filed Monday that the video be destroyed.
Vanessa Bryant has sued the L.A. County Sheriff and his department, saying she endured severe emotional distress after deputies al- legedly took graphic cell- phone photos of Kobe and Gigi Bryant’s bodies at the helicopter crash site.
The lawsuit says that “no fewer than eight sheriff's deputies at the crash site, pulled out their personal cell phones and snapped photos of the dead children, parents, and coaches. The deputies took these photos for their own personal gratification.”
The lawsuit also claims that the photos were dis- cussed in the sheriff’s depart- ment and that the deputies showed the cellphone images to coworkers even though they had no investigative use.
The lawsuit includes how the photos were brought to light: when a deputy showed themtoawomanatabar whom he was trying to im- press. The bartender over- heard their conversation and told the sheriff’s department.
Bryant also says in the suit that’s when Sheriff Alex Villanueva attempted to cover the department’s indis-
VANESSA AND KOBE BRAYANT
cretion up by telling the deputies that they wouldn’t be punished if they deleted the photos. The suit alleges that his interference was de- struction of evidence—and that instead of Villanueva notifying the families about the photos, they found out about them through the media when the story broke.
The lawsuit also claims that Villanueva was never forthcoming about the inci- dent and now Bryant is afraid the photos will leak: “Ms. Bryant feels ill at the thought of strangers gawking at images of her deceased husband and child, and she lives in fear that she or her children will one day confront horrific images of their loved ones online.”
Devonta Freeman
Against L.A. Sheriff Over Kobe
Signing With Giants
For 1 Year, Up To $3M
Devonta Freeman's
long wait to find a new NFL home has reached its conclu- sion.
The New York Giants are signing the veteran running back and it's for one year and up to $3M. The team an- nounced the signing on Wednesday.
Atlanta released Free- man just two years through his five-year extension in March, freeing itself of the high cap number carried by Freeman, who had not achieved anywhere near the expectation set by his com- pensation.
Freeman's 2019 rushing totals fell below four yards per carry and he scored just two touchdowns in his final sea- son in Atlanta, and the Next Gen Stats painted an even uglier picture: Freeman's rushing yards over (or in his case, under) expectation per attempt were more than a full
DEVONTA FREEMAN
yard below what was expected of him (-1.18). Among qualify- ing rushers, Freeman posted the worst RYOE/ATT in the entire NFL, pointing the finger of blame away from his offensive line and toward the running back.
He'll get a new opportu- nity to prove in New York that downward trend may have just been a fluke, where the Giants are in need of a run- ning back after Saquon Barkley's season-ending ACL tear.
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